Photoscape
This utility is a photo editor to create various photo effects, including vintage effects. You needn't worry if you don't have photoshop skills or unable to follow advanced GIMP tutorials, Photoscape, a freeware, does it all for you. You can fix and enhance photos, and among the key features are: view photos in your folder, create a slideshow, resize, adjust/correct: brightness, color, white balance, backlight and frames, mosaic mode, add text, draw pictures, crop, filters, remove red eye, batch edit multiple photos, merge multiple photos on the page frame to create one final photo, attach multiple photos to create one final photo, use multiple photos to create a final animated photo; print, split, capture screen, convert, and much more.
Photoscape Ver 3.5 for Microsoft Windows NT/2000/XP/Vista/7can be downloaded at http://snipurl.com/photoscapecnet
GooReader
GooReader, a desktop application, lets you search, download and read books and magazines publicly available on Google Books. Its neat interface makes a reading a pleasure, just like reading hardcover books or paperback magazines. Use the mouse to turn over the pages, zoom them in and out. GooReader can also help to search for books by title, author or book_ID. The search results are represented as 3D book models on a bookshelf. GooReader can also search online books by title, author or a keyword.
The 1.1. MB GooReader for Windows XP/Vista/7 can be downloaded at http://gooreader.com/files/gooreader.zip
Net Framework 3.5 SP1 required. No Google account is required to use GooReader, and for more details browse the FAQ at http://gooreader.com/faq/
The paid version offers additional features like reading them offline, on mobile devices, and e-Book readers.
doPDF
This is the latest edition doPDF, a free PDF converter, mentioned in this column more than a year ago. This utility is very popular, and as on date it has been downloaded 11,000,000 times! doPDF can convert documents to searchable PDF files which can be viewed on any computer with a PDF viewer (reader) installed. doPDF installs as a printer driver and helps to generate PDF files by simply selecting the "print" command from any application like Word, Excel, PowerPoint, AutoCad drawings. Features include: Predefined page size - you can select a predefined page size for the resulting PDF file such as: A4, A5, A6, Letter, Legal, Executive, Envelope DL/C5/B5/Monarch/#10; Custom page size - if you need more customization in terms of PDF page size, you
can define your own custom size for the resulting document by entering the desired width and height (you can create documents as small as 10x10 millimeters, or as large as 3276x3276 millimeters).
The 3.97 MB v7.1.345 (21 Sep 10) for Windows 7, Vista, XP, 2008/2003/2000 Server (32 and 64-bit) can be downloaded at http://www.dopdf.com/download/setup/dopdf-7.exe
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I need a simple desktop tool to manage tasks. Please
suggest a simple and straightforward applicaton.
You could try the very simple to use GeeTeeDee (GTD - Getting Things Done) at http://codea-dev.com/static/GeeTeeDee-0.1.161-win32.exe
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QUOTE TO MULL OVER
There are no failures - just experiences and your reactions to them.
--Tom Krause
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When not to use Design Patterns? Do not use design patterns in any of the following situations. • When the software being designed would not change with time. • When the requirements of the source code of the application are unique. If any of the above applies in the current software design, there is no need to apply design patterns in the current design and increase unnecessary complexity in the design. When to use Design Patterns? Design Patterns are particularly useful in one of the following scenarios. • When the software application would change in due course of time. • When the application contains source code that involves object creation and event notification. Benefits of Design Patterns: The following are some of the major advantages of using Design Patterns in software development. • Flexibility • Adaptability to change • Reusability What are Design Patterns? A Design Pattern essentially consists of a p...
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